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    Telstra's main union claims it has not heard a peep out of Telstra, despite continuing industrial action.

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    ZDNet.com.au takes to the streets to see what opinions the public has to voice regarding the Telstra separation.

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    Deirdre O'Donnell has been appointed as the new Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO), taking over the reins from John Pinnock.

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    In the second of our two programs looking at the Senate Inquiry into the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment Bill, we hear from shareholders, bureaucrats and industry groups.

  • Read the blog post - Phil Dobbie

    Is telco advertising out of control?

    Dodo has been taken to task for misleading advertising. But is telco advertising in Australia misleading in general? What can be done to make it easier for consumers to understand?

  • Read the blog post - Phil Dobbie

    Telstra: We hear separation rumours

    Is the government manoeuvring towards a structural separation of Telstra?

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Will committee fatigue strand regional telecoms?

    Will the Regional Telecommunications Independent Review Committee's report linger as simply yet another ineffectual review guiding limp and ineffectual efforts to improve regional services?

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Exchange students learn the taste of defeat

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    Whirlpool founder Simon Wright explains how he built the influential broadband forum, what makes it tick, and why he won't commercialise the business.

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    Ovum's David Kennedy says Australia can have a world-leading telecommunications regime if it wants one.

  • Budget 2007: IT misses out on windfall

    The biggest loser in this week's budget was broadband -- not one cent was allocated to improve infrastructure works. However, security was the winner with funding confirmed to fight intellectual property crime and cyber-terrorist attacks.

  • Vodafone: Paul Wybrow, CIO

    In this CIO Vision Series interview, Wybrow explains how he fosters a culture of innovation against a backdrop of IT consolidation and outsourcing across Vodafone's mobile communications empire and 4,000-strong global IT workforce.

  • The road to convergence

    There's been a lot of talk about network convergence, the idea that data, voice and video traffic will one day travel over a single network. In this special report, we look at how Mount Erin Secondary College is tackling convergence and IP telephony goals at footy club the West Coast Eagles.

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    Have third-generation services failed the wireless industry? So thinks Marty Cooper, the man who's credited with inventing the cell phone.

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    A software fault that compromised users' ability to dial emergency numbers using a newly-released mobile telephone has prompted a major review of the standards phones are required to meet before being sold in Australia

  • Pre-paid market drives AU mobile boom

    Australia's mobile telecommunications market grew by more than 12 per cent in 2002/03, driven by a continuing surge in pre-paid services.

  • Excited by 3G? Wait for 4G

    Third-generation mobile technology has arrived, duly accompanied by a barrage of hype. But the industry is already casting its eyes forward to the next big thing - 4G.

  • Intel puts Pentium M in networking gear

    The company starts selling its Pentium M chip for notebooks as a chip for networking devices, part of its effort to become a dominant manufacturer in the communications market.

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